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02/10/2018 at 9:06 am in reply to: Ebay Took Down My Listing After 6 Months, 150 Watchers & 6,000+ Views :( #32628
Yes, you will find listings like this on ebay, but that’s because ebay does not enforce this as aggressively as they could….they probably wait till someone complains. I think the listing is a rule violation, ebay views it as an attempt at fee avoidance (If each of the records were sold individually, that’s a seperate listing fee for ebay—this method avoids that).
What makes this confusing is that ebay actually permits “multi variation” listings, but only in certain categories or sub-categories. I don’t think records is an approved category For example, if I have 20 identical shoes, but ten are brown and ten are black and the sizes vary, I can list all 20 in a MV listing. And these listings follow a special format. What you did was create your own multi variation listing without using the format, and in a category that doesn’t permit it. Look as it this way: If I have ten identical T shirts, but they I have them in different colors, each buyer is buying the same T shirt, just a different color.
Read more here: https://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/listing-variations.html
And here’s the latest list of acceptable categories: http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/sellingresources/multiplevariationslist.html
I would NOT relist—that’s asking for trouble.
02/08/2018 at 8:39 pm in reply to: Anyone here have a Brick and Mortar store? New ebay program #32573True. And I imagine if some of those B&M only sellers begin to see stores in their area with the ebay signs in the window, they might decide to start selling online too.
It is also good PR for eBay. Amazon has a lot of small sellers, but I think most people look at Amazon as a giant soulless corporation bent on world domination….ebay is a giant corporation, too, but if people start to view ebay as sort of an antidote to Amazon—as the company that wants to help Main Street Mom and Pops, not crush them—-well, that wouldn’t be a bad position to be in.
02/08/2018 at 7:58 pm in reply to: Anyone here have a Brick and Mortar store? New ebay program #32569Jay, This program reaches out to those who already have an ebay store presence online, but also have a brick and mortar presence. I think the idea is to advertise ebay in all these local communities (signs in store windows, for example, indicating the store is always open—on eBay, AND to help these stores improve their online ebay presence….I assume with advice about international shipping etc…a lot of B&M stores are on eBay, but are too busy to really maximize their presence. I think this could be a really good thing, IF ebay makes a real and lasting commitment to helping these businesses, and if they provide good advice.
Thanks! I’ve been doing some scanning (just a regular 3in1 printer/scanner, nothing fancy, but I think I’ll stay with scanning unless there’s a specific need to use a photo.
John, You usually take photos of your postcards? Why not scans? I have some to list, as well as other ephemera, and have been debating which would be better
here’s a link to the patent:
Jay, It’s unusual because The card has a little “door” in the center, which can be opened to display the small booklet of views shown in the second photo. I’ve seen these before, but I don’t know about a dollar value on it.
I currently have PL on pretty much all my listings. I set them at “trending rates”
The majority of my sales since I started doing this have been via PL. However, not all of them.I think it’s pretty much impossible to know whether an item would have sold without PL, so there’s no way to know for sure how helpful this has been, but it has been responsible for quite a few sales (I’m a very small seller, so that number is relative LOL)
I think it’s important to remember that Promoted Listings don’t only show up on the Search Results page. I suspect, but don’t know, that some of my PL sales came from PL listings on other pages. My PL fees right now are about a third of the way to my quarterly credit. Not sure if I’ll continue with it after the credit has been used up, but I probably will.
not sure what you are asking, if anything? Yes, it looks like a WWII Spitfire, and the other is a German V-1 Rocket/Bomb.
Right…that’s what I said up above, but the screen shot makes it much clearer! Thanks for posting that!
02/01/2018 at 8:41 pm in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Stereo brochure, Carl Jung book, Typewriter, Bike helmet #31893I’m a history buff. Sometimes it actually comes in handy LOL
Sorry, I missed your response….yes, it will default back to the complete list, but when you click search, doesn’t it show you your actual unsolds to be relisted?
It has happened to me too.
Did you try my suggestion?
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